Game Changer, Susan Copich Decay and mortality in America s Rust Belt, child labor, women depicting women, and the intersection of rigid graphics and lyrical line work in this month s round-up of Hudson Valley art exhibits.
Susan Copich at Windham Fine Arts Set in Youngstown, Ohio, Copich s latest work, then he forgot my name, is a self-portrait photography series examining decay and mortality in America s Rust Belt. The series emerged over three years while Copich shuttled between her hometown in Ohio and upstate New York, and spending time with her father, who was battling dementia. Using a rundown family-owned building in downtown Youngstown as a backdrop, she set out researching the structure s history and re-imagining past occupants. Copich s photography illuminates a psychological landscape through the pain of living, the continuum of decay, and the struggle for change while reflecting on the collective awakening of female
Howland Cultural Center Hosting Live-Stream Local Concert Series
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A lot of people I talk to say that one of the things they miss most during the pandemic is live music. The Hudson Valley is full of talented musicians and venues for them to play their music. And their fans are more than happy to come out to support them. During normal times. But these aren’t normal times. Here is a way that you can still enjoy some of your favorite Hudson Valley musicians, without having to leave home.
The Valley Hour is an intimate live-stream concert series that was created, produced and hosted by Annalyse McCoy and Ryan Dunn. The Valley Hour provides the talented musicians of the Hudson Valley with an outlet to perform, through their songs and stories, while providing the community with a safe option to experience live music during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! This week, as we honor King’s work, life, and legacy and celebrate the inauguration of a new administration that includes America’s first African American vice president, we offer this list of alluring local activities.
Paul Bermanzohn Presents “King Was a Revolutionary” | January 18
At 4pm on January 18, Dr. Paul Bermanzohn will host “King Was a Revolutionary,” a Zoom talk sponsored by the Library at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center in Kingston. The presentation discusses two of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most famous speeches: his celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech and “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” an anti-Vietnam War and pro-social justice speech. Bermanzohn, a Poughkeepsie psychiatrist, is a survivor of the 1979 Greensboro, North Carolina, attack on civil rights marchers by Ku Klux Klan and Nazi assailants that left five dead. The talk is free, but registration is required.
View of the Earth from GOES-16 Thankfully in these tense times, art and activities abound in the Hudson Valley although of course most of them are taking place online. Feed your soul with this week’s bespoke roundup of creative happenings.
Here GOES Radiotelescope at Wave Farm | ongoing Newly installed at the Wave Farm experimental broadcast arts center in Acra is
Here GOES Radiotelescope, an artist-run DIY ground station set up to receive the transmissions of GOES-16, a NASA/NOAA weather satellite. Visitors to the sculptural station can sit within it and look through the “telescope” to view live images of Earth as they’re being received from the satellite. A live generative audio stream sonically “interprets” the interactions of the sun’s energies with Earth’s magnetosphere, creating audio imagining of the satellite’s environment. Although visits to the site are limited due to the COVID-19 situation, remote visitor